Xu Le has always thought of Lingjiatan, and his senior brother has told him several times, some things are very attractive, be sure to let him come in person, saying that sometimes looking at pictures is boring and doesn't feel it, this Xu Le is very experienced!

Three people ran from the entrance of the ruins, one was in his fifties, and two were in their forties, and the people in front of them were running and shouting, "Uncle Pei is good, Brother Pei is good"!

Xu Le walked forward with Mr. Su in his arms, Senior Brother Pei greeted him, Qing Ning hugged Teacher Lu, Yingzi hugged Teacher Fu, and hugged Senior Brother Pei after the person approached, and then hurriedly walked in front of Mr. Su, "Uncle Su is good, Professor Qi is good", Senior Brother Pei introduced to everyone, in front of Zhang Guojing of the Huizhou Institute of Archaeology, the presiding excavator, Director Jiang of the Chaohu District Cultural Relics Management Institute, Director Li Heyu of the Cultural Station of Changgang Township, Hanshan County, Senior Brother introduced the three people here, everyone shook hands, and when it came to Xu Le, Zhang Guojing called "Xu Deputy Career Hall is good", Xu Le smiled, "Senior brother, just call me Xu Le", Xu Le was very depressed, watching these senior brothers digging things, he wanted to dig up Mr. and changed his face, hey, what do you mean, does Mr. really want me to teach, what is this called, it will be done, as long as I don't become an official!

Then Xu Le briefly introduced the people he brought with him, and the three of them were very happy to tell you how they found out and now they have been excavated twice, and they have come out of something, Senior Brother Pei has come to guide many times, so he is very familiar with Xu Le and has also talked about it, and his topography stratification theory comes from here!

Lingjiatan site, located in Lingjiatan Village, Hanshan County, Ma'anshan City, Huizhou Province, is located on the north bank of the middle section of Yuxi River, with a total area of more than one million square meters, and now excavated is two or three thousand square meters, which has been roughly determined to be a large late Neolithic settlement more than 5,300 years ago. Important relics such as artificially built altars, large clan cemeteries, sacrificial pits, red clay and stone circles in the late Neolithic period have been found in the site area, and precious cultural relics such as exquisite jade ritual vessels, stone tools, and pottery have been unearthed.

In the autumn of 1985, when the mother of Wan, a villager in Lingjiatan Village, died, Wan Weiwei's mother dug a grave on the mound in the north of the village, and dug out a batch of jade and stone tools from the ground, such as jade rings, stone hoes, stone chisels, and stone shovels. After hearing the news, Comrade Li Heyu, who was then the head of the township cultural station, made arrangements for the handling of these cultural relics in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state on the protection of unearthed cultural relics. At the same time, it was reported to the County Cultural Bureau and the Cultural Relics Institute, and the Huizhou Provincial Institute of Archaeology was transferred through the County Cultural Relics Institute. Since then, this important site of the Late Neolithic period, which has been buried underground for more than 5,000 years, has been discovered.

In June 1987, the Huizhou Provincial Institute of Archaeology set up an archaeological excavation team to formally excavate the Lingjiatan site. More than 200 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed, including a large number of exquisite jade artifacts such as jade plates, jade turtles, and jade spoons. The 25-kilogram stone shovel is the largest stone shovel found in the Neolithic Age in China so far.

In November 1987, the Provincial Institute of Archaeology carried out the second excavation of the Lingjiatan site, with an excavation area of 350 square meters, more than 300 pieces of cultural relics unearthed, and more than 20 kinds of jade. This excavation revealed one tomb, two ash pits, and found three artificially constructed remains, and preliminarily determined that the Lingjiatan burial area was an artificially built cemetery.

Looking at these ruins, Li Heyu told everyone that the Lingjiatan ruins are divided into three areas with different functions with three steps as the boundary, and have a primary level of urban "planning".

The first area is the residential quarters, courtyard areas of ordinary tribal members, and the houses bear obvious traces of "urban" planning and elaborate design. A large number of pottery shards have been unearthed in this area.

The second area is the 3000-square-meter terracotta block square, which is the palace area of the tribal leaders and the place of tribal alliances, sacrifices, and drills.

The third area is a large burial area, with an altar about one meter high in the center, and burial objects such as jade, stone, and pottery.

Everyone then went to see the remains of the terracotta block, with a total area of about 3000 square meters and a thickness of 1. Five meters. The terracotta blocks are fired at high temperatures and have a hard texture. As far as the terracotta block itself is concerned, it is fired at a high temperature of 800-1000 °C, the texture is hard, the experts of the Chinese Ancient Architecture Association believe that the terracotta block belongs to the building materials consciously processed by human beings, and the terracotta block of Lingjiatan is the second innovation in the history of human architecture in China, and it is the ancestor of all kinds of bricks known to be used.

Then there is the altar site of Lingjiatan, which is one of the earliest known altar sites in China. The Lingjiatan altar is a rectangle in the north-south direction, with an existing area of about 600 square meters, and the original area is about 1200 square meters, which is located at the highest point of the Lingjiatan site. On the altar, a "stone circle" and three rectangular sacrificial pits were found, and in the southeast corner of the altar, the remains of red clay and plant ash were found, and the plant ash was very thick and grayish-black, and it is speculated that this may be the place where fire was used for sacrifices. The shape and characteristics of the entire altar indicate that it was a place where sectarian ceremonies were held in the Lingjiatan ruins.

Lingjiatan burial area is located in the north of Lingjiatan agglomeration area on the high hill platform, an area of about 14000 square meters, well-planned, from south to north in eight rows, with the first card and the second row of tombs with the highest specifications, not only the area of the tomb is larger, the burial goods are also very rich, the number of dozens or even hundreds of pieces, mainly jade. The burial goods are placed on both sides and on the body of the tomb owner in layers.

The upper part of the wall of the ancient well found in the remains of terracotta blocks is made of terracotta blocks, with a diameter of one meter and a depth of three meters. Eight meters. The appearance of the well shows that the ancestors of Lingjiatan have entered the civilized society at this time, because they already know to drink clean and hygienic well water, but from the phenomenon that there are only a few pottery shards at the bottom of the well and the location of the well, it is inferred that its users are the highest power at that time, or when there are important sacrificial activities. The well uses artificial building materials and base construction technology, and is the earliest known example in China.

The architectural remains of the "stone wall", it is found in the Lingjiatan site of the boundary of the two burial areas, the "stone wall" is a height of about 30 centimeters, a width of about 20 centimeters, northeast and southwest direction, with small stones to form a ribbon building, because the excavation area is limited, its length and function can not be determined for the time being, the building is the use of the stone itself wide and narrow size of the shape, a piece of mutual bonding, there is no adhesive between each stone, This shows that the ancestors of Lingjiatan had mastered geometric mechanics as early as 5000 years ago.

Subsequently, everyone was brought into the exhibition room, looking at the room so as not to have jade and stone tools, everyone was stunned, it was so beautiful, smooth and white, Xu Le looked at the jade man in front of him, standing, his arms were bent and extended, and there were eight horizontal stripes on them, is it gossip, Xu Le thought, and then there was a typical square face on the face, like the face of the Mongolian people in the north, and there was actually a mustache, Xu Le was a little puzzled, he spoke to the two masters in Tibetan language, and then asked Li Heyu some questions, and communicated with each other, the origin of these races, They haven't had time to analyze it yet!

Then see the stone diamond, Xu Le really felt incredible, this stone diamond is not one of the most significant discoveries of the Neolithic archaeology in the twentieth century, its discovery is of great significance to the study of Neolithic tool manufacturing, the design and manufacture of the stone diamond, embodies the wisdom and advanced technology of the ancestors of Lingjiatan, and the design of the stone diamond itself contains the basic principles of machinery, mechanics and geometry. Among them, the original design of the screw-patterned drill bit has important academic value.

The Lingjiatan cemetery has the largest number of jade artifacts unearthed and has important archaeological, historical, scientific and aesthetic artistic values. The shape of the instrument is mainly divided into tools and weapons: mainly axes, axes, and ge, which lack practical functions, and should be ceremonial tools. Decoration category: mainly wear a decorative bracelet, Huang, ring, block, bi, double bi, tube, bead, as well as the shape of the more special shaved pagoda-shaped ornaments, buckle-shaped ornaments, trumpet ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments, fungus-shaped ornaments, crown-shaped ornaments, animal or human image categories: pigs, turtles, dragons, birds, eagles, rabbits, standing portraits and sitting portraits, the number is very small, and other categories: the shape is more special. Such as jade plates, triangular jade pieces, jade spoons, etc. In addition, the Lingjiatan jade drilling technology, some of the hole diameter is only zero. One and a half millimeters.

Xu Le saw that some jade plates were painted with lines, some were radioactive, some were short, and some jade tablets were poked out of small holes, irregular, and the other was a jade spoon, Xu Le looked like Sinan, Xu Le told the two masters in Tibetan language about their respective characteristics and so on, the two of them were amazed again and again, all the people were the same, Qingning had been following the old lady, Xu Le did not follow the old man, the old men were all introduced!

In the archaeological excavations, there are still thick crucible pieces, can it be said that Lingjiatan may have possessed metal smelting technology before 5300? Xu Le shook his head and felt incredible! If this speculation is confirmed, it means that smelting technology and metal tools appeared in China long before the Bronze Age of the Yin Shang Dynasty.

In addition, some axes, axes, and ge, which lack practical functions, should be ceremonial utensils. Decorations: Mainly wear bracelets, juan, rings, blocks, bi, double-linked bi, tubes, beads, as well as pagoda-shaped ornaments, buckle-shaped ornaments, trumpet-shaped ornaments, crescent-shaped ornaments, fungus-shaped ornaments, and crown-shaped ornaments that play a decorative role on the body.

Xu Le can feel the evolution of ancient society when he looks at everything here, and here, it is the first settlement site in China that is built in layers of terrain, which has a prominent position for the study of the evolution of ancient Chinese society, the exchange and collision of east, west, north and south cultures. It is of great significance to the study of the origin of ancient sectarianism, the origin of the state, the origin of primitive philosophical thought, the origin of the calendar system, as well as manufacturing technology, craft aesthetics, urban construction, dragon and phoenix culture, etc.

In addition, it is the embodiment of urban elements, such as the unearthed jade, the hat worn by the jade people has checkered patterns, and the twill on the belt uses the flower picking process, which shows the maturity of the textile technology at that time, and reflects the difference between urban and rural areas in its wear, and also reflects the more advanced clothing culture at that time.

In addition, the stone diamond is very significant, which represents the application of the principles of mechanics, and the jade unearthed here has important archaeological, historical, scientific and aesthetic artistic value. For example, the relief jade figure, for the first time, shows the complete physical demeanor of the primitive people, rectangular face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, double eyelids, garlic nose, big ears and big mouth, the round crown worn on the head, the waist is decorated with a belt with oblique stripes, the lips are bearded, the jade arms are bent, the five fingers are open on the chest, and the arms are decorated with jade rings, indicating that there is an aesthetic concept at this time, and people decorate themselves by wearing jewelry.

There should be a lot of places worth excavating here, and the model of the city can take shape, which is the initial scale of animal husbandry, animal husbandry, and handicrafts. This astonishing discovery means that the origins of urban civilization in China predate past estimates.

Xu Le can't be sure if it's the era of the Chao family, but it should be the late stage of the Chao era when he sees it, at least when he sees that there is such an early time, the building can be so large-scale and can be so level, but Xu Le has a problem, does that mean that Emperor Yao didn't come here at that time?

No, but doesn't Ningsu Province have to say that it is the hometown of Emperor Yao, it is very close to here, how should you know how to build a city, so why do you ask Kun to do it?

Is there any earth-shattering secret here that Emperor Yao doesn't want people to know?